A new beetle, Afrocupes firmae gen. et sp. nov. (Permocupedidae), from the late Palaeozoic Whitehill Formation of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorGeertsema H.
dc.contributor.authorVan Den Heever J.A.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:55:22Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:55:22Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractAn extensive array of Permian cupedoid beetles is known from Russia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. To date, only one cupedid beetle, Moltenocupes townrowi, from the Triassic Molteno Formation of South Africa and two permocupedidid beetles from the Permian Irati Formation of Brazil have been described. In this account a further permocupedidid beetle, Afrocupes firmae gen. et sp. nov., from the Permian Whitehill Formation of South Africa, is reported. The Whitehill Formation is the temporal and lithological correlate of the Irati Formation, and the discovery of A. firmae, which is the oldest beetle yet found on the African continent, provides further proof of the Parana-Karoo Basin linkage. The paucity of fossil insects from the Whitehill Formation is briefly discussed.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationSouth African Journal of Science
dc.identifier.citation92
dc.identifier.citation10
dc.identifier.issn382353
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/9732
dc.subjectAfrocupes firmae
dc.subjectbeetle
dc.subjectinsect
dc.subjectPermian
dc.subjectPermocupedidae
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.titleA new beetle, Afrocupes firmae gen. et sp. nov. (Permocupedidae), from the late Palaeozoic Whitehill Formation of South Africa
dc.typeArticle
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